Lahore : Two senior doctors and three paramedics have been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly running a major organ trade racket since 2009 involving recipients from Gulf countries.
The two doctors of public hospitals were taken into custody during a raid at a posh locality here. Two donors and as many foreign recipients have been shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
“Besides arresting two senior doctors – Fawad Mumtaz and Altamash Kheral of Lahore General Hospital and three paramedics – we have taken four Omani nationals into custody who had come here for organ transplant. This racket has been operating in the country since 2009 and exploiting a number of people here to oblige its clients in Gulf countries,” Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) investigator Jamil Ahmed Khan said. PTI